The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-15
At Mitchell, Dak., James Spears wa.
burned out OF house and home, tho iamil,
having carcelv time IN oaro po

Canadian, who in 1912 squatted on the
ground now forming the Eastern side oil
the business portion of Chicago, and was
ousted by the war department in 1910,
has filed y suit in the United States court
to compel the government to grant them a
patent to the land.
Mrs. Frank Leslie. who was a passenger
on the City OF Rome, which arrived from
Europe at New York said, with reference
to her relations to tho Marquis de leu
vile: 1T was a very unpleasant affair
indeed. My engagement with the marquis
was broken off, and he made overtures for
a renewal OF it. When 1 returned to Lon.
don / wrote him, declining the honor.
Prince EristSff and were good friends, but
there wa no thought OF an engagement.
The prince called on me frequently, and
one day when we were driving in the park
the assault occurred. 1t really did not
amount to anything. The prince was not
even struck. 1t was merely flick with
his riding whip, and it struck Il young
lady who was with us on the arm.''
At Stoughton, Wis, Severson & Bron.
sons planning and feed mill was totally de.
stroyed by fire. LOSS, SIC, 900; insurance.
$4,000.
AT Creston, Iowa, the little son of Charles
=: Rock OF Brooklyn, N. Y, injured in the
Alton wreck, died. Miss Sarah Grunniger
OF Cleveland. Ohio, badly scalded, is still
very low.
At Waterloo, Iowa, A. +. Lane prom.
inent and very wealthy citizen, died on a
street car OF heart disease. He was presi-
dent OF the Union Mill Company, and was
building $40, 900 residence at Los Ange.
los Tor u winter resort.
Full particulars of the fire at Newburch,
Ont, recently, show that nearly fifty fami-
lies are left without shelter, that not a
business man escaped the cont1agration
and that only two or three carried any in
surance, and these only for small amount.
A sensation al bill was filed in the supe.
riOr court, Chicago; to break the will OF the
eminent jurist Judge T: Lyle Dickey, of the
federal circuit court: The value of the
estate is $6O,O0O. According to the will
the widow, Mrs. Beulah c. Dckey, was be-
queathed the entire estate. She was
Judge Dickey's second wife. The COM
p!ainant's are Judge Dickey's children all
OF whom were by his first wife.
At Freeport, ILL.,, David B. Staples was
indicted by the grand jury of Stephenson
county, Ill.,, for an attempt to murder
Charles D. Winshipof Minneapolis, MINI.
His bail was fixed at So, 900.
AT New York, Colby, Duncan & Co.,
piano manufacturers, have been pl aced in
the hands OF a receiver. The firm was a
stock company with 100000 capital
Inc liabilities are about $175,COO, Of
which 100000 is to the banks:
The property in New York of Stephen
w. Dorsey OF New Mexico, has been at.
tached upon the application of Peter l..
Vandcrvecr, on a claim of 81 900 for serv.
ices as an attorney, with interest at IL
per cent.
Advices received from Portland, Or,
state that Cardinal Gibbons will pass
through St. Paul during the first part Ct
October, en- route for the former city, where
ne will deliver the paliium to Archbishop
Gross.
Commencing on Monday the 18th, pas
senger trains on the $500 road will com.
mence running from Minneapolis to Gasen,
Wis.,, 231 miles distant. There will be
one train per day each way-one leaving
minneapolis at $40 q. M, and arriving a t
Gagen at 6:35 p M; returning, trains will
leave Gasen at 500 a. H., and arrive at
MINNEAPOLIS at $50 p: IN.
The general counsel OF the Evangelical
Lutheran church in the United States and
ODDS. with two advisory relations, 993
ministers. l, S35 congregations, and 25S..
900 members.
Assistant Secretary Muldrow of the inte.
rior department decided thata legatee had
preference right of entry of land upon
which his devisor had made settlement.
In 1875 Martin Holbrook settled upon un.
surveyed land in Yakima county, Wash.
lie made improvements to the value of
So, 600. In March, 1882, Holbrook died,
leaving all he possessed by will to Tobias
Becknor. The latter continued to cult
vate the tract until May. 1885, when a
Il
Becknor at once applied to make entry,
and his entry was received and forwarded
to the general land office. Sparks refused
to entertain the entry. The secretary
quotes the second section OF the homestead
act to show that Becknor's right is pro-
vided for by the statute ITSELF
D. G. Moak, for long time sheriff, died
at Fort bod ge, Iowa, OF paralysis.
At Pella, Iowa. the coroners jury have
concluded their investigation OF the causes
leading to the death OF Mrs. Vanderman,
wife OF leading druggists, which occurred
Aug. s. and have returned Il verdict that
she came to death by poison put in food
by the servant girl at the direction Of her
husband. Vanderman was arrested upon
the charge OF murder.
Jockey West, who"was terribly injured
on the race track at Saratoga Aug. 20,
died recently.
Capt. Hill, OF Grand Forks, has disap.
peared. Thereby hangs a social sensa.
ton.
1t is feared the barge David Bows, with a
crew Of Is, has been lost on Lake Supe.
rior.
Ex-senator Malone OF Virginia recently
sued tho eccentric Senator Riddleberger for
$500 borrowed money, but the jury failed
to agree.
Hon. Charles Smith, a New York legisla-
tor has opened a saloon in New York, the
floor OF which is inlaid with silver dollars.
At Burlington, Iowa, Mrs. BEETLE Smell
committed suicide by taking a dose OF
stry chnine. She had been med itating the
deed for some time past.
At Broken Bow, Neb., Sarah J. Overton,
was sentenced to twenty-five years in the
penitcntinry. Last July Mrs. Overton, in
a quarrel with her husband, shot and kill.
ed him.
Fishing vessels arriving at Halifax from
the Grand Banks suffered terribly in the
great storm of the Sd inst. Capt. Nelson,
OF the American schooner Mabel kennis-
ton. boarded the wreck OF q vessel called
the Ocean Pride, and was Mortified to find
her crew lying dead in the cabin. One dead
body, tied to a rope, was floating by the
size OF the wreck. AnOCncr American
schooner reported the loss of two men.
All incoming vessels reported the gale as
frightful, and say that when all reports
arc in the loss OF life and property will he
found to be enormous.
The Austrian consul at Bombay reports
that there were 81 1928 deaths from cholera
in India during the month of May.
London cable to the Evening Post: The
great event Of the week here has been the
capture OF the trades unions congress by
the advanced semi.socialist section The
Socialists have long been prepared for this
coup, which has been FASTENED by the re-
lations which had been set up between
the English trades unonists and the French
continental organizations. The result has
been that the congress has resolved to
form labor into an electoral league entire
~ independent of either political party.
The point OF special Importance is that the
English labor representatives are all at
tached to the Radical wing OF the Liberal
party.
At Schenectady, n. Y, Fred Knight, aged
thirty-fve, met Miss Ida Wallace in
restnurank Without auv worp;po ho